++ Thanks for the feedback.

I'm aware of the shebang line points you raise. Hard-coding paths to perl has, in my (>20 years) experience, many more problems than using env. Of course, there are occasions where a hard-coded path might be more appropriate.

You quoted me as saying:

"I typically start my scripts like this: ..."

A more accurate quote, that conveyed the point I was making, and didn't hide the text you elided, would have been:

"Whenever I use the '/r' modifier, I typically start my scripts like this: ..."

If I removed the '/r' modifier, but still had code with say, //=, etc., I only need to change a '4' to a '0' (i.e. 5.014 → 5.010); I do not need to remember to add use strict.

— Ken

In reply to Re^3: Please critique this script -- Read emails and write URLs into bookmarks by kcott
in thread Please critique this script -- Read emails and write URLs into bookmarks by Anonymous Monk

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